Collecting the first three LAZARUS SOURCEBOOKS, covering the lands ruled by Carlyle, Hock, and Vassalovka, now in one volume. With revised and expanded content, including additions to reflect developments in LAZARUS as the series moves into the year X+67 with ñFRACTURE,î beginning summer of 2018

In "America," Robert Mackenzie delivers a poignant exploration of the American identity, navigating the sociopolitical landscape through a rich tapestry of personal narratives and historical context. Employing a lyrical prose style that oscillates between elegiac reflection and incisive critique, Mackenzie deftly intertwines themes of liberty, conflict, and community in a nation grappling with its ideals. This literary work is situated within a broader discourse on American exceptionalism,...

America: A History is a history of North and South America until the late 19th century. It was published in 1882.

Though invisible to the world, Alvin's heart is bright with dreams of friendship, belonging, and adventure. Each night, he slips quietly into the magical circus, watching acrobats soar and clowns tumble, wishing he could be part of the show.With the help of a mysterious and magical blue alligator named Azul, Alvin discovers that being unseen doesn't mean being unimportant. In fact, it might just mean he has a special kind of magic all his own. He becomes "Amazing Invisible Alvin".

This is a social work history with a difference. Written with and by a retired social worker and three former residents of a children’s home in Edinburgh, Scotland, it tells the story of one agency’s response to unmarried mothers and their children during and after the Second World War, and alongside this, the story of what was, at the time, a new and experimental approach to group care for children.Based on the experience of the Guild of Service for Women, then a prominent Scottis...

Written by an internationally renowned team of experts and underpinned by cutting-edge research, International Human Resource Management tackles a broad range of controversial and often marginalised issues associated with globalisation and its impact on multinational companies and employees.Updated throughout with brand-new case studies, reflective questions and recommended reading, the second edition includes coverage of:• International assignments and worker mobi...

A ground-breaking book that examines the uneasy relationship between archaeology and education. Argues that archaeologists have a vital role to play in education alongside other interpreters of the past. Contributors from different countries and disciplines show how the exclusion of aspects of the past tends to impoverish and distort social and educational experience.

The opinion universally entertained of the extraordinary abilities of Thomas Jefferson, and the signal evidence given by his country, of a profound sense of his patriotic services, and of veneration for his memory, have induced the Editor, who is both his Executor and the Legatee of his Manuscript Papers, to believe that an extensive publication from them would be particularly acceptable to the American people. The Memoir, contained in the first volume, commences with circumstantial notice...

Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a range of fascinating historical examples, drawn from over 5 millennia across this vast continent.

The classic biography by John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. According to Wikipedia: "George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731 – December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and as the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783. Because of his significant role in the revolution and in the formation of the United States, he is often revered by Americans as the "Father of ...

Mercy Warren wrote early drafts of this 1300+ page book near the time of the events described. Mercy writes in the third person even when dealing with events involving her immediate family. James Otis (early advocate of the rights of the colonies) was her brother, and James Warren (speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives) was her husband. She was a close friend of John Adams, but differed sharply with his policies as President. In the wake of the French Revolution, Adams lost...